Cancelling phone books and unwanted mail
Monday, 12 November 2007
12 Nov 2007
Hopefully below is news widget - category selection as gld - but it shows national news - gld news is on News menu
The Greatest Race on Earth - check it out!
Take note of this excellent challenge to come from Standard Chartered.
31 Oct 2007
ELDR Congress calls for global solutions for a global problem
Prolonged international co-operation and actions are needed as the world faces up to tackling climate change. This was the message from a debate, entitled 'International action on climate change', during the recent congress of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR) held in Berlin
29 Oct 2007
United Nations Environment Programme releases a gloomy GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK
"Planet's Tougher Problems Persist" - the UN's fourth Global Environment Outlook reports.
25 Oct 2007
RETHINKING RENEWABLES - Biofuels 'Emit More Greenhouse Gases than Fossil Fuels'
A team of researchers led by Nobel-prize winning chemist Paul Crutzen has found that growing and using biofuels emits up to 70 percent more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. They are warning that the cure could end up being worse than the disease.
26 Sep 2007
THE un-HAPPY PLANET INDEX
In case you did not see it earlier, the New Economics Foundation came up last year with an intriguing un Happy Planet Index, which among other things incorporates the ecological footprint and the carbon footprint. It will ask you about where you live, your health, lifestyle, and how you feel about life. The answers you give are used to calculate your own personal score on the Happy Planet Index. How happy are you... and at what price to the environment?!
10 Oct 2007
second attempt at news widget